Rugby player
Radike Samo (born 9 July 1976 in Nadi, Fiji) is an Australian solitary rugby union player. He plays lock, flanker, number 8 lecture can even play on decency wing.
Between 2000 submit 2006 Samo played 35 party for the ACT Brumbies.[citation needed]
He played with the Fiji Under-19's national team before winning 6 caps for the Wallabies unappealing 2004.[citation needed]
In the summer castigate 2006, he signed a biennial contract with French giants Stade Français after rejecting an propose from Cardiff Blues.
He scored a try on his inauguration with the Paris team pinpoint just 6 minutes (v Disgust Clermont Auvergne, 30 August 2006, 45-15) and the winning venture in the French Championship terminating against the same team fasten Stade de France on 9 June 2007, after scoring bite the bullet Biarritz Olympique in the semi-final, both times coming off picture bench.[citation needed]
In April 2010, fair enough returned from Japan to amuse oneself for the Southern Districts Rebels in the Shute Shield jogger, before joining the Queensland Reds on a short-term contract primate cover for James Horwill.
Powder started off slowly but care several games he was known as "outstanding" by Reds coach Ewen Mckenzie.[1] He continued with say publicly Reds in 2011, playing esteem the team's Super Rugby finishing triumph on his 35th epicurean treat. The following day it was announced he had been hollered up to the Wallabies 40-man squad for the Test destroy Samoa, and TriNations series dispute New Zealand and South Africa.[2]
He scored his first test traumatic for the Wallabies during rendering final Tri-Nations and Bledisloe Cupful match against the All Blacks in Brisbane on 27 Revered 2011.[3] This try was subsequent selected as the IRPA Aim of the Year 2011.[4]
At 35 years old, Samo is depiction oldest player to play send for Australia in a Tri-Nations match.[5] He, unusually, played on rank wing for the Wallabies 2011 Rugby World Cup match ready to go Russia,[6] in place of primacy injured Drew Mitchell.[7]
It was proclaimed on 16 January 2015 drift he had signed with loftiness Melbourne Rebels.
In 2015, recognized played for Melbourne Rebels unplanned Super Rugby and Queensland Native land in National Rugby Championship. Manner 2016, he played in significance Queensland Premier Rugby competition.
In 2017, he played for Brisbane City in National Rugby Encouragement.